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Cabinet apprised of Swiss tilting trains for Indian Railways

LiveMint 04-10-2017PTI

New Delhi: The Union cabinet was on Wednesday apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the railways ministry with Switzerland which would help the two countries in developing tilting trains.

Tilting trains tilt on approaching a bend, just like a motorbike on a winding road. Such trains are operational in 11 countries—Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, the UK, Switzerland, China, Germany and Romania.

The Ministry of Railways had in August signed two MoUs with the Federal Department of Environment, Transport and Communications of the Swiss Confederation for “technical cooperation in rail sector in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, an official statement said.